mar_k [he/him]@hexbear.net to History@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 year agoA couple quotes from the first Prime Minister of Israelhexbear.netimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1104arrow-down1imageA couple quotes from the first Prime Minister of Israelhexbear.netmar_k [he/him]@hexbear.net to History@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejaeme@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·edit-21 year ago “…Our God is not theirs…” Even back then we can see the mental distancing of Judaism and Islam when they should be in solidarity with one another. This line just rubs me in the wrong way that I can’t describe fully.
minus-squareSteamedHamberder [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 year agoBen Gurion was militantly secular. I think in this case he’s saying “God” in the sense of what the theologian Paul Tillich called “ultimate purpose.”
minus-squareedge [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThey literally believe in the same God.
Even back then we can see the mental distancing of Judaism and Islam when they should be in solidarity with one another. This line just rubs me in the wrong way that I can’t describe fully.
Ben Gurion was militantly secular. I think in this case he’s saying “God” in the sense of what the theologian Paul Tillich called “ultimate purpose.”
They literally believe in the same God.